es ae 
Tephrosia. | LEGUMINOS#. 405 
rest. Petals all clawed ; standard rounded ; wings obliquely cu 
or oblong, slightly adnate to the incurved obtuse keel. Stamens 10; 
vexillary filament free below, at first connate in t sihaac with 
the others, a8 at length usually free ; anthers heer Ovary 
sessile, usually several-, rarely 2-ovuled; style incurved or bent, 
hardened, often flattened, bearded or not; stigma terminal capi- 
tate, sal penicillate. Fruit a linear pod, somewhat compressed, 
continuous or obscurely aii within. Seeds ovate; strophiole 
etal small, usually 
Calyx-teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube ; shrubs ; pods densely pe : 
with adpressed brown hairs, slightly recurved ; leaflets acute, 9-12 pa 
can ‘ite 
Calyx-teeth narrow-cuspidate, as long as I ; Selin - leaflets obtuse :— - 
Stems erect or suberect ; leaflets 6-10 p 
Pods 28 ely clothed with long, persient spreading silky hairs :— 
much recurved, covered with white hairs ...-++---+++** villosa. 
Pods s slightly recurved, covered with wea wi ipethe keriana. 
Pods finely downy with short hairs or jana sae ee 
rea 
purpe 
= copa diffuse ; leaflets 4-5 pairs ; pods finely sae! sigh 
«ace tea ed ewees ova beda eet tery’” 
545. “asi canpipa DC.; F. B. I. ii. 111. Robinia candida 
327. 
N. Beans oo elsewhere often planted. 
A low shrub, 6-8 feet hig 
546. Tepnrosta vittosa Pers.; F. B. I. ii. 113; E. D. T. 280. 
Galega villosa F, I. iii. 385 
Behar; W. Bengal. 
A branching Apo herb, 2-3 feet high. 
547, Ternrosta Hooxenrana W. & A.; F. B. I. ii. 118. 
C. Bengal; E. Bengal 
A branching perennial herb, 2-3 en Pee 
548. Tepurosra puRPUREA Pers.; F. B. . D. T. 270. 
Galega purpurea F, I. iii. 386. ‘6 gprenpasest ¥F.1. 
ul. 8 G. tinctoria F. I. iti. 886, not of Linn. 
i. all the provinces, in waste places and by way- 
sides. 
A much-branched, very variable- —— 
1-2 feet high. Vernac. Sarphonka, ban- 
herb; stems 
